Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 189 - 187: The Tech Persona

"Wang, here’s the data from PayPal." Tom walked into the office, holding a document.

"Yesterday, the total recharge on PayPal was 1.05 million US dollars, of which 700,000 US dollars were already spent on wangwen.com."

"That much?" Wang Jian murmured to himself, surprised. "It’s just the mobile users..."

"It turns out high-income people also enjoy fantasy novels."

"Uh..." Tom hesitated for a moment, then handed over another document.

"This is from the website’s statistics, a list of the works subscribed to by PayPal users."

Wang Jian took the data and started reading.

Although all were hot-selling works on the site, the order was completely different.

His own titles, "Extreme Heavenly Demon" and "Anomalies" ranked in the top two, but "Arcane Throne" was relatively further down.

And "Prison Break Special Forces" ranked third? Even the high imitation of his first work "I’m Really a Great Mage" also made it to the list?

"This..." Tom continued to report, "According to the editors, there is a big difference between the paid works list on mobile and desktop."

"Mobile users seem to prefer what you call ’novels’."

"These 2G phones are still quite expensive, aren’t they?" Wang Jian murmured to Tom, "Most of their users are middle-aged people, right?"

"Yes," Tom said, somewhat unsure.

"People who often travel in business or first class, middle-aged," Wang Jian sighed. "They actually prefer novels that just focus on enjoyment?"

Tom shrugged, "But they have strong buying power."

At that moment, the internal phone suddenly rang.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Lehman from Goldman Sachs is here to see you. Are you available now?"

"Judah!" Tom’s face changed and he uttered resentfully.

"It’s just business." Wang Jian patted his shoulder, casually comforting, "Next time, it’s not certain who will betray whom."

Wang Jian picked up the phone and replied, "Please let Mr. Lehman in."

A few minutes later, Lehman in a black suit walked into the office.

"Wang, congratulations." He embraced Wang Jian, "The initial contact between PayPal and wangwen.com was very successful."

"Ha." Wang Jian gestured for Lehman to sit, "I should be congratulating you."

"With these two projects, you’ve successfully been promoted to a mid-level partner."

"Ah, that’s Goldman Sachs." Lehman sighed and sat down. "Still a bit of a distance."

"But, once Twitter goes public, it should be enough."

"Right, that’s actually why I’m here today."

"Twitter does not lack institutional investors, so its roadshow focuses differently than other internet companies."

"Through research, individual investors’ first impressions of internet companies mostly come from their direct perception of the founders."

"What do you mean?" Wang Jian felt that something was slightly off.

"Hehe." Lehman opened his briefcase, pulling out a stack of photos.

"Wang, what is your impression of him?"

"Bill Gates?" Wang Jian looked at the photo, pondering, "Loyal, honest, loves charity."

"Forrest Gump, right?" Lehman flipped through the photos with a smile. "And, what about Steve Jobs?"

"Leading technology with fashion?" Wang Jian hesitantly replied.

"Isn’t that very similar to Apple’s product positioning?"

"Netscape’s Jim Clark has branded himself as the Tesla."

Lehman pointed to Bill Gates’ photo again, "Then, it’s obvious who is Edison."

"And Yang, by using the public’s impression of Asians, has become an ultra-intelligent unparalleled genius."

"So, Yahoo became a public perception of genius."

"And me..." Wang Jian looked at the photos on the desk, swallowing nervously.

"Considering your age, bestselling author status, combined with the nature of Twitter."

Lehman smiled and continued, "Your persona should be that of a genius artist."

"Writing works to vent your rich emotions." He chuckled, "Of course, even Twitter should seem unintentional to keep it topical."

Genius artist?

Not to mention these works weren’t originally his, even if they were, did he really qualify for such a title?

Wang Jian looked at Lehman, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Lehman, however, took out another photo and handed it over.

"Mozart, what about him?"

Damn!

Wang Jian looked at Lehman, trying to figure out if he was joking.

Aside from that disgusting quirk, this master only lived until 35 but managed to compose countless famous piano pieces!

Not to mention his exaggerated romantic history.

Including a pair of noble sisters, many queens, all rumored to have had affairs with this composer.

In the history of famous composers, Mozart surely deserved the title of a genius.

"This..." Wang Jian’s face showed he thought Lehman was joking.

"Wang, although Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are underwriting 150 million US dollars," he pointed to a photo of Netscape’s founder.

"The day Netscape went public, it directly raised three times the underwriting amount from private investors."

"Although it’s undeniable that Netscape’s technology was leading, this person’s persona was also quite successful."

"Three times?" Wang Jian began to calculate in his mind, "If it’s Twitter... would it be 450 million US dollars?"

Wang Jian looked at Mozart’s photo, struggling internally.

Shit!

"Do you think I’m like him?" Wang Jian said through clenched teeth.

"Ha, actually, I think you resemble Jordan Belfort, the prototype of the Wolf of Wall Street," Lehman took out a card and handed it to Wang Jian, "But this is just for public display."

"This lady, Irene Beshar, a famous image designer from Hollywood, she should be able to help you."

"She’s been an image consultant for Johnny Depp for three years."

"Image consultant? Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?" Wang Jian picked up the card, feeling a bit incredulous.

"Hehe, do you think these technology elites who can’t hide behind old money don’t have image consultants?"

"Wang, you are the technology world’s Johnny Depp, at least publicly."

"Edward Scissorhands?" Wang Jian showed Lehman the middle finger, "Why don’t you say Tom Cruise?"

"Ha, you’re much taller than him."

"Alright, Wang," Lehman stood up, preparing to leave, "We’ll officially do the roadshow for Twitter in a week."

"Starting tomorrow, you’ll receive many interview invitations from financial magazines."

"During this period, no matter how you feel privately, I hope you’ll accept the image designer’s recommendations in the media." freёnovelkiss.com

"Although it’s difficult." Lehman patted Wang Jian’s shoulder, "But think about the hundreds of millions of dollars!"

Wang Jian held the photo in his hand, saying sorrowfully, "Done!"

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